Wednesday, 23 March 2022

I'm going to need your support.

Commander Chakotay Ask 
Lt. Commander Tuvok for Advice

CHAKOTAY
I need your advice.

TUVOK
A first.

CHAKOTAY
Look, I realise we're not exactly best friends. 
From day one, we've kept 
each other at arm's length. 
But I've always respected 
your judgment and right now, 
I could use a little 
Vulcan clarity.

TUVOK
Proceed.

CHAKOTAY
It's The Captain
As you may have noticed,
she's isolated herself from the crew.


TUVOK
She believes that she made 
an error in judgment four years ago. 
That she's responsible for stranding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant.

CHAKOTAY
She told you?

TUVOK
No. I've been observing her behaviour 
for the past four years. 
Guilt has been her constant companion.

CHAKOTAY
You've known her longer than anyone. 
Have you ever seen her like this?

TUVOK
Only once. It was during her first year as a Commander on the USS Billings. 

She sent an away team 
to survey a volcanic moon. 

Their shuttle was damaged by a magma eruption and three crew members were severely injured. 

The next day she returned to the moon 
alone to complete the survey. 

She wanted the crew to know that their suffering had not been in vain. 

She could have been killed.

CHAKOTAY
Seeking redemption.

TUVOK
Precisely. 
Captain Janeway's methods are unorthodox. 
It is her strength as a leader, 
but unfortunately, 
it is also her greatest weakness.

CHAKOTAY
Stubborn as a Klingon.

TUVOK
To put it mildly.

CHAKOTAY
If she tries something like that again 
I want to be ready and I'm going 
to need your support.

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